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diff --git a/doc/s6-rc-update.html b/doc/s6-rc-update.html index fc049b4..1e56ba2 100644 --- a/doc/s6-rc-update.html +++ b/doc/s6-rc-update.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ s6-rc-update will do its best on its own, but it lets the user give it instructions to handle difficult cases; and rather than implement doubtful heuristics, it will fail with an error message in -situations it really cannot solve. +situations it cannot solve. </p> <h2> Interface </h2> @@ -254,13 +254,21 @@ be the same argument that was given to the booted. In other words: it should be the name of the symbolic link pointing to the real directory containing the live information, not the name of the real directory. </li> - <li> The old compiled service database is left unchanged, and the new compiled + <li> If a longrun service is renamed from <em>oldname</em> to <em>newname</em>, +but not restarted, the +<a href="http://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-supervise.html">s6-supervise</a> +process in charge of it will still show up in the process list as +<tt>s6-supervise <em>oldname</em></tt>. This is purely cosmetic. To make +s6-supervise pick up the new name, make sure to restart the service when +invoking s6-rc-update. </li> + <li> After a s6-rc-update invocation, the old compiled service database +is left unchanged where it was, and the new compiled service database is used in-place. If the machine is rebooted, the <a href="s6-rc-init.html">s6-rc-init</a> invocation will still boot on the old compiled unless more work is performed. It is recommended to keep a <tt>current</tt> symbolic link to the current compiled, to always <a href="s6-rc-init.html">s6-rc-init</a> on <tt>current</tt>, and to -make <tt>current</tt> point to the new compiled right after a s6-rc-update +make <tt>current</tt> a link to the new compiled right after a s6-rc-update invocation. </li> </ul> |